Sarah Jane Stewart

1827 - 1864  (37 years)

• Name	Sarah Jane Stewart
  Birth	1827	VA
  	The only record of Sarah's birth and death dates available so far to Drollingergenealogy.com are from her headstone inscription as found in her Findagrave.com Memorial ID 51976318. Her birth and death dates are provided as "11 Apr 1827" and "7 Apr 1864". These dates should be considered with some degree of skepticism if they were derived solely from someone's interpretation of her headstone inscription and not some other source such as a death certificate because of the very weathered condition of her headstone which would make it easy to make a mistake. Upon careful examination of an enlarged view of her Findagrave.com headstone photo, it does appear to read in part as 'SARAH J. WIFE OF Wm. TRULLINGER DIED April 7, 18?? AGED ???..." whereby the added question marks indicate illegible characters. Fortunately, a copy of her funeral notice (attached to her record herein) exists which states her funeral date of "Friday, April 8, 1864.". Her funeral notice appears to lend legitimacy to her death of 7 Apr 1864 with her funeral being the next day after her death. Now, regarding her birth date: Using a computerized date calculator (readily available on the Internet) and a death date of 7 Apr 1864 (assuming it is correct) and her age of 36 yrs 11 Mo 27 Days (also assuming this data is correct as provided on her Findagrave.com record) it provides two possible birth dates depending upon the method of calculation used. Therefore, the first possible birth date would be Tuesday, 10 Apr 1827 if the smaller units (days) are subtracted before the larger units (months/years) and the second possibility would be Wednesday, 11 Apr 1827 if the smaller units (days) are subtracted before the larger units (months/years). It should be noted that in the 1860 United States Census she is listed as being 33 years old which indicates a birth year of 1827 which matches her calculated birth year of 1827 as described above and as a result lends credibility to it being her true birth year and is why it is used herein as her probable birth year. Additionally, she is identified by her birth year only herein until further provable evidence of her birth day and birth month become known. Born in Virginia per the 1860 Census.
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Apr 1864	Fountain County, IN
  	The only record of Sarah's birth and death dates available so far to Drollingergenealogy.com are from her headstone inscription as found in her Findagrave.com Memorial ID 51976318. Her birth and death dates are provided as "11 Apr 1827" and "7 Apr 1864". These dates should be considered with some degree of skepticism if they were derived solely from someone's interpretation of her headstone inscription and not some other source such as a death certificate because of the very weathered condition of her headstone which would make it easy to make a mistake. Upon careful examination of an enlarged view of her Findagrave.com headstone photo, it does appear to read in part as 'SARAH J. WIFE OF Wm. TRULLINGER DIED April 7, 18?? AGED ???..." whereby the added question marks indicate illegible characters. Fortunately, a copy of her funeral notice (attached to her record herein) exists which states her funeral date of "Friday, April 8, 1864.". Her funeral notice appears to lend legitimacy to her death of 7 Apr 1864 with her funeral being the next day after her death. Now, regarding her birth date: Using a computerized date calculator (readily available on the Internet) and a death date of 7 Apr 1864 (assuming it is correct) and her age of 36 yrs 11 Mo 27 Days (also assuming this data is correct as provided on her Findagrave.com record) it provides two possible birth dates depending upon the method of calculation used. Therefore, the first possible birth date would be Tuesday, 10 Apr 1827 if the smaller units (days) are subtracted before the larger units (months/years) and the second possibility would be Wednesday, 11 Apr 1827 if the smaller units (days) are subtracted before the larger units (months/years). It should be noted that in the 1860 United States Census she is listed as being 33 years old which indicates a birth year of 1827 which matches her calculated birth year of 1827 as described above and as a result lends credibility to it being her true birth year and is why it is used herein as her probable birth year. Additionally, she is identified by her birth year only herein until further provable evidence of her birth day and birth month become known.
  Burial	Attica, Fountain, IN
  	Ruppert Cemetery Attica, Fountain County, Indiana
  Person ID	I5136	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

  Family	William Trullinger,   b. Sep 1815, OH d. 6 Jan 1881, Fountain County, IN (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1850	Fountain County, IN   [1]
  	Indiana Marriage Collection Name: William Trullinger Spouse Name: Sarah J Stewart Marriage Date: 31 Jan 1850 Marriage County: Fountain Source Title 1: Fountaif County, Indiana Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1848 - 1920 Inclusive Vol Source Title 3: W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O Book: 3 OS Page: 138
  Children	1. Margaret E. Trullinger,   b. 1851, Fountain County, IN d. 7 Aug 1852, Fountain County, IN (Age 1 year)   2. Unknown Trullinger + 3. Robert Franklin "Frank" Trullinger,   b. 30 Aug 1853, Fountain County, IN d. 17 Apr 1930, Cass County, MO (Age 76 years)   4. John W. Trullinger,   b. 4 Aug 1859, Fountain County, IN d. 10 Mar 1907, Maryville, Nodaway, MO (Age 47 years)   5. George B. Trullinger,   b. 5 Aug 1860, Fountain County, IN d. 27 Sep 1861, Fountain County, IN (Age 1 year)
  Documents		Marriage Record
  Family ID	F1726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 May 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1827 - VA Marriage - 31 Jan 1850 - Fountain County, IN Death - 7 Apr 1864 - Fountain County, IN Burial - - Attica, Fountain, IN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Funeral Notice

  
  

  Headstones

  Ruppert Cemetery Attica, Fountain, IN

  
  

• Notes

  She identifies herself as 'Sarah Jane Stewart' on her marriage record with William Trullinger. Because she was only 22 years old at the time of her marriage to William Trullinger, it appears very likely that Stewart is her maiden name and that she was not previously married. 1850 United States Census Name Sarah J Trullinger Sex Female Age 23 Birth Year (Estimated) 1827 Birthplace Virginia Race White Event Type Census Event Date 1850 Event Place Logan Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States Event Place (Original) Logan, Fountain, Indiana, United States Household Identifier 799 House Number 783 Line Number 11 Schedule Type 1850 Population Other People on This Record William Trullinger M 34 Ohio Millon Trullinger M 14 Iowa Elmira Trullinger F 11 Iowa Laura Trullinger F 4 Iowa Elizabeth Trullinger F 2 Iowa Josiah Isaiah M 25 Virginia 1860 United States Census Name Sarah J Trullinger Sex Female Age 33 Birth Year (Estimated) 1827 Birthplace Va Race White Event Type Census Event Date 1860 Event Place Logan Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States Page Number 75 Other People on This Record William Trullinger M 44 Ohio Milton B Trullinger M 24 Ind Laura Trullinger F 13 Ind Elizabeth Trullinger F 12 Ind Robert F Trullinger M 6 Ind John W Trullinger M Ind Gamabiel P Trullinger M 24 Ind Nancy Brown F 20 Ind

  
  

• Sources

  [S312] Fountain County Marriage Index, Book 3 page 138.